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News that backers of an anti-pot ballot measure decided to shelve their campaign should count as a hollow victory for Colorado’s cannabis industry — and as a clear wake-up call. For one thing, the surprising claim that the marijuana industry gamed the system to keep Amendment 139 from voters would be, if substantiated, a public relations nightmare. But…

Halfway through 2016, Colorado’s employment growth is meeting expectations and the economy continues to outperform the nation: Employment is growing faster here, housing is hotter and incomes are higher, according to a report released Thursday by the University of Colorado Leeds School of Business. And Colorado’s fledgling marijuana industry — which, in the grand scheme of…

Several competing medical marijuana bills are expected to qualify for the November ballot in Arkansas. Signatures for the Arkansas Medical Cannabis Act have already been approved. The Arkansas Medical Cannabis Amendment is currently in the process of being verified at the Arkansas Secretary of State’s office. Arkansans for Compassionate Care (ACC) gathered 77,516 verified signatures…

For decades, the government pushed the idea on us that cannabis was a “gateway” drug to harder substances. In more recent years, we have discovered that this simply isn’t true. Furthermore, cannabis can actually help those addicted to opiates break free from dangerous addictions. Neuroscientist Dr. Michele Ross speaks up about that and more in an interview…

Cannabis legalization proponents might need to start adding “64” to their Mega Millions picks. With the passage of Amendment 64 in 2012, Colorado became the first state in America to legalize the recreational use of cannabis. Come this fall, the largest state in the nation will have a chance to do the same — if…

The NFL, one of the strictest sports leagues when it comes to cannabis use, is full of cannabis users. This revelation is courtesy “America’s most infamous stoner athlete,” Ricky Williams — the elite NFL running back who lost, recovered, and then nearly lost his playing career again due to cannabis use. As many as 70…

After over a year of campaigning against her and another month holding out support with the result determined, Bernie Sanders is set to formally endorse Hillary Clinton at a rally in New Hampshire today. All it took was the Democratic Party to endorse cannabis legalization — among a few other things. The Vermont senator and…

Just days after the Democratic Party endorsed the rescheduling of cannabis and a “reasoned pathway to future legalization” of marijuana, delegates with the Republican Party voted against a more conservative platform that would have endorsed medical marijuana. At a GOP Platform Committee meeting in Cleveland, Republican delegates on Monday just said no to endorsing medical…

In the first five months of 2016, Colorado marijuana sales already were starting to flirt with the half-billion mark. Colorado recreational pot shops and medical marijuana dispensaries reeled in nearly $98.6 million in sales during May, bringing the year-to-date tally for 2016 to just over $486 million, according to Colorado Department of Revenue tax data…

The city of Denver will again host an educational symposium for other governments charged with “implementing marijuana policies and regulations at the local and state levels,” the city’s Office of Marijuana Policy announced Wednesday. The “Supporting Youth Development with Marijuana Tax Revenue” panel at the Denver Marijuana Management Symposium in 2015 at the Colorado Convention…

Yet another family has found the benefits of medical cannabis for the treatment of pediatric epilepsy. The famous Charlotte’s Web CBD oil has given little Emma the medical treatment she needs for her seizures, as well as opened up her personality. The parents had tried many pharmaceuticals, but they ultimately settled on the best seizure-controlling substance…

Professional athletes from all sports are begging for cannabis as a safer, legal alternative to dangerous pharmaceuticals that fail to offer true relief. The latest sport, wrestling. I’m not talking about the Olympic event, I’m talking about WWE; the sensationalized, flying from the ropes gladiatorial soap opera that punishes bodies day in and day out.…